Back in April during Star Wars Celebration, Lucasfilm and director Gareth Edwards peeled back the curtain slightly on the first Star Wars spinoff movie, Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One, by showing a short teaser, as well as releasing a very brief official synopsis for the film:
“A band of resistance fighters unite for a daring mission to steal the Death Star plans in Star Wars anthology film Rogue One.”
Well, with production set to get underway this summer, Joblo is reporting a few possible details about the film – although given what was revealed at Celebration, there’s not really anthing we wouldn’t expect to see anyway…
– Definitely set during the “Dark Time” of the Empire (between Episodes III and IV)
– Being coined as “darker and grittier” than any other Star Wars film to date
– The film seems to be aiming to be much like an old school war film; Think Hamburger Hill meets Star Wars
– All the Jedi are said to be in hiding; expect this story to leave them in the background
– Stormtroopers have same armor as they do in the original films (i.e. episodes IV – VI)
– Lots of alien life forms, Mon Calamari among them
– New droids and aliens will be introduced. Kind of a no-brainer, but just so you know it’s not just a bunch of rebels
– AT-ATs, X-Wings, Y-Wings, AT-STs are said to be present.
– Implied that some of the film will take place on Yavin-4; a lot of armies in the jungle and various battlefield locations
– Looks like a new droid will be part of the band of rebels attempting to steal the Death Star plans
– Felicity Jones is seen dressed as a rebel soldier ready for battle; expect her to get her hands dirty in this one
Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One is set for release on December 16th, 2016, with a cast that so far includes Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything), Riz Ahmed (Nightcrawler), Diego Luna (Elysium) and Ben Mendelsohn (The Dark Knight Rises).
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Originally published June 14, 2015. Updated November 29, 2022.
